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' MARQUIS PEATT, 0F DEXTER, MICHIGAN.

Laim Pam No. 71,052, dafedNovemter 19,1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN lBELTl-TIGHTENERS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, MARQUIS PEATT, of Dexter, in the county 'of Washtenaw', in lthe State of Michigan,

"have invented new and improved Machinery for'Tightening Elevator or other large Belts; and I do declare that the following is an accurate description of my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawingaand to the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this` specification. y

Figure 1 is a front view of anelevator7hox,vwith frontot box removed, showing the belt and method of fastening my'attachment to the belt. v

Figure 2 is a side view ofthe same in section, showingA my method of tightening the belt. l The nature of my invention consists in using a concave half-clasp, A, upon one side of the belt D, attached to another convex half-clasp, B, on'the opposite side of the belt D, by meansiof thumbfscrews C C, as shown n the.

drawings. To the buckle E, which is attached to-and forms a part of the convex half-clasp B,`I attach strap, I, which passes through another similar clasp and buckle, asshown at F; thenIcarry the end of the strap I upward to the drum of the winch G, and fasten it, when, by turning the handle H, I tighten the belt and take up the slack lin the usual manner.

What I. claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy The convex half-clasp B and the :concave half-clasp A,'v.nd the' buckle 'E, in conjunction withthe strap I and the winch G, arranged as and for thepurposes described. l i l MARQUIS PEATT.

Witnesses H. N. SWEENLV. H. F. EBERTS. 7 

